With humor and respect, Larry Allen says thanks

Early in his speech upon being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Larry Allen joked about having to having to address the audience.

“During my career, I didn’t talk that much. I didn’t have to — I used my helmet,” Allen said.

If anyone needed another reminder about how the former Cowboys offensive guard played, they got it.

The 6-foot-3, 325-pound Allen was voted into the Hall of Fame on his first try, and with good reason. Such was Allen’s dominance that he was voted to the NFL’s All-Decade Team of the 1990s and the 2000s. He made 11 Pro Bowls, nine for the Cowboys, for whom he became a household name — hardly easy for an interior lineman.

10 responses to “With humor and respect, Larry Allen says thanks”

As a Pittsburgh Steeler fan I can say that pretty soon they’ll have to call it the Dallas Cowboys Hall Of Fame at the rate their players are being inducted. I’m open minded enough to know that they are the greatest organization in NFL history.

Allen played on some bad teams too. I remember they needed a left tackle and they just moved Allen out there in training camp and he became the best left tackle in football. How many teams would attempt that with having the best guard in the league and moving him out of his position? They knew he was special and could handle it.